Canterbury Gardens Estate Temporary Relocation of Waste Facilities
Consultation on how the Council proposes to relocate waste facilities temporarily on Canterbury Gardens Estate while the redevelopment of 49 Brixton Station Road and 6 Canterbury Gardens Crescent progresses
What is the council proposing?
Lambeth Council is consulting residents of the Canterbury Gardens Estate regarding a proposed temporary relocation of the Brixton town centre waste facilities to an area of car parking within the Estate (see plan below).
The waste facility is currently located on an enclosure in the Pope’s Road car park and provides essential waste consolidation and sorting functions for the town centre.
Lambeth Council must look at the temporary relocation of the facility during the regeneration of 49 Brixton Station Road and 6 Canterbury Crescent.
The facility must be relocated during construction to allow the new facility to be built whilst ensuring this service can continue uninterrupted for the town centre.
This would be for a temporary period from early 2027 to early 2030.
The council is also considering whether the site can accommodate storage containers for market traders.
This would be separate to the waste compound, with access onto Brixton Station Road and no access to the Estate. Storage would be managed by the Council’s markets team with access for those market traders renting storage space only.
Further information on the proposals are on the page below.
Canterbury Gardens Estate residents ONLY are invited to review these proposals and provide their feedback by 14 December 2025.
Share your views on the proposal by clicking the link below.
Regeneration of 49 Brixton Station Road & 6 Canterbury Crescent
The wider context of this consultation is the 49 Brixton Station Road & 6 Canterbury Crescent Project. The proposals are for a major, mixed-use regeneration of the site to provide a range of public benefits for Brixton.
The project has been subject to multiple stages of consultation this year and the planning application for the project is expected to be submitted in November 2025. An outline of the project programme is provided below.
Public Benefits of the Regeneration Project
The project is expected to bring a wide range of public benefits to Brixton and its residents.
The benefits include creating a purpose-built, fully enclosed space for the waste facility, providing essential infrastructure for Brixton’s vital street markets and ensuring that Brixton town centre can be kept clean.
Existing Waste Facility
The existing waste facility is located in an enclosure on the Pope’s Road car park. The map and aerial image shows the location of the facility at the eastern edge of the car park, adjacent to Westgate Court and the Estate Multi-Use Games Area.
The facility accommodates a range of equipment, including 3 waste compactors (which are collected daily), and a welfare compound for operatives.
On a day-to-day basis the site is managed by the Council’s waste contractor, Serco. The facility is the responsibility of the Environmental Services team in the Council.
The site’s operation is restricted by planning conditions which control its hours of operation.
The facility operates 06:00-22:00 daily, although noisy activities are restricted by planning to 08:00-18:30.
The car park also hosts 6 storage containers, managed by the Council’s markets team, which provide storage to street market traders.
The Proposal -Temporary Waste Facility Relocation
The proposed location
Temporary Market Storage
Temporary market storage is also being considered for the site, while the permanent storage facility is built as part of the regeneration project. Market storage containers would be separate from the waste facility, they would be accessible from Brixton Station Road and with no access from the Estate.
Storage containers would be managed by the council’s markets team with access for those market traders renting storage space only.
Why does the facility need to move?
In order for construction on the main regeneration site to take place (including the new, enclosed facility), the Council must relocate everything from the site. Facilities such as Pop Brixton will close to the public and be dismantled, whereas the waste compound must continue to operate to keep the town centre clear of waste.
Therefore, it must move from its current position next to Westgate Court.
Why should the facility be located here? Can’t it be put somewhere else?
The Council is looking at all options, although given constraints on locations and availability of suitable sites, we are having to consider this location as a potential temporary solution, alongside examining other strategies.
How long will the facility be located here for?
We will only need to relocate the facility for the duration of construction, which is expected to be from March 2027 to early 2030. After this it will move into its new, permanent and enclosed home in the new development.
What will the hours of operation be?
Overall, the facility will need to operate daily from 0600 to 2200. Activities which are not significantly noisy and exclude compactor usage may take place between the hours of 0600 to 0800 and 1830-2200. Between the hours of 0800 and 1830hrs other activities including compactor usage may take place.
These hours of operation will be subject to approval by the Local Planning Authority.
This will be managed by the Council, the Council’s waste contractor, Serco, and enforced by the Local Planning Authority.
Who will manage the temporary facility? Who will be responsible for cleaning and maintenance?
The waste operators will be required to effectively manage impacts such as noise for local residents. They will also be responsible for cleaning and maintaining the facility, including washing of equipment to minimise nuisance to residents. Relevant contact details would be provided to residents to ensure straightforward and responsive communication
What will happen to residents’ parking?
Residents will continue to be able to park on the wider estate as normal, but there will be a temporary reduction in the amount of parking spaces as the temporary facility would occupy 23 parking spaces at the south of the Estate. This means that the overall amount of unallocated parking will reduce from 103 to 81.
Resident purchases of annual permits in the Estate range between 51 and 64 in recent years. On this basis, we believe there will be sufficient parking to meet demand, with spare capacity for day and visitor parking on the Estate.
The Council is content to consider temporary changes to parking restrictions in the Estate depending on resident feedback.
The site would be restored and returned to the Estate as parking, once the waste facility returned to its new home on the regeneration site.
What works will you need to undertake to create the temporary facility?
Whilst the site is broadly suitable for the purpose, the Council will need to undertake some works to make it suitable. This includes relocating the equipment, installing the operatives’ welfare facilities and creating appropriate utility connections.
Access will be created from Brixton Station Road into the new facility. This is likely to result in the need to remove a street trees, although the Council will look at options for compensatory planting or contributions. The facility will be fenced from the north, and the Council will also consider screening of the facility.
Will I be able to see the temporary facility?
Residents in proximity to the temporary facility would likely be able to see the new facility. The Council would like to consider if some temporary screening would help to mitigate visual impact. Most other residents will not be able to see the new facility from their homes, in the same way that they might not be able to see it in its current location now.
What will happen at the end of this period?
Once the site is not required to accommodate the temporary facility it will be restored and returned to the Estate.
Next Steps
When the consultation closes, the Council will review the consultation responses and consider whether to proceed with the proposal, taking account of available options.
Consideration of alternative options is taking place in parallel with this consultation to ensure that all possible options which can ensure continuity of essential town centre waste services are fully explored before a decision is taken.
In the event that the Council wishes to proceed with this proposal, a formal decision report would be published, which will take account of the feedback from this consultation. Residents would be able to view this decision report on the council’s website.
The proposal would then be subject to a subsequent planning application which would need approval from the Local Planning Authority.
Phases
Canterbury Gardens Estate Residents Temporary Relocation of Waste Facilities Consultation
This a consultation for all residents of Canterbury Gardens estate. We would like to hear your views on the Council’s proposal relocate waste facilities temporarily on Canterbury Gardens Estate while the redevelopment of 49 Brixton Station Road and 6 Canterbury Gardens Crescent progresses.